Mon - Tue - MODERATION Wed - MODERATION Thur - Fri - Special Morning Tea .... FAREWELL PARTY Miss M - give each other the "secret santa" gifts
- hot chips, chicken nuggets, kiwi onion dip and heartland ready salted chips, cocktail savaloys and tomato sauce, fruit bowl, fruit juice.
Buzz Aldrin Is Medically Evacuated From Antarctica
December 1, 201610 Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the surface of the moon with Neil Armstrong in 1969, has been medically evacuated from the South Pole, the National Science Foundation said. The plane carrying the 86-year-old former astronaut arrived on Thursday afternoon in New Zealand, where he was checked into a hospital in stable condition with "fluid in his lungs," according to a statement on his website. The statement said he was responding well to antibiotics, and was in good spirits.
Aldrin was one of three astronauts on NASA's Apollo 11 mission to the moon, on which he was tasked as the lunar module pilot and rendezvous expert. A live video allowed people on Earth to watch as he and Armstrong became the first two men to set foot on the moon's surface. Aldrin retired from NASA in 1971. In recent years, he has advocated for a manned mission to Mars.
New Zealand Christmas
Twizel Christmas icons ... Mistletoe The name 'mistletoe' is given to plants that use specially adapted roots to extract water and nutrients from the stem tissues of their host plant.
This is our final week together. Time to do things that you've always wanted to do!
1. Make a farewell book for Miss M
2. Prison Break
3. +PLAYS
4. Take photos of us at the END of the school year to put in our portfolios!
Farewell Party for Miss M .... GOLD THEME Morning tea SECRET SANTA - Value $5 ... bring to school on Wednesday
Week 7 Term 4 Class Leaders = Holly and Daniel
Mon - Sum Dog Canterbury Competition Tue - Wed - Watch the "Land Girls" play featuring Lily and Blossom-Kate!! Thur - Final Food Tech - Allergen Free Muffins Fri - Portfolios home today
It's all over!
Sumdog's Canterbury Maths Contest is now over!
In total, 205 students answered 34863 questions correctly. Well done to them.
The overall winners are the classes which scored highest throughout the contest. The top three classes are:
Position
Class
School
Score
1st
7H 2016 - without subscription
Waimate High School
313
2nd
M12016
Twizel Area School
282
3rd
Tangaroa
Rāwhiti School
253
Food Tech - Allergins
How difficult must life be with over 30 allergies!
Daniel's mum came in to talk to us about how to cook for someone who has food allergies.
And just as the bell went our RICE MUFFINS came out of the oven!
Class Dojo - Gratitude
Statement of Gratitude
Write a Statement of Gratitude about someone in our class. Each Statement of Gratitude should start with, "I am grateful for [student's name] because she/he is…"
Here's an example:
I am grateful for Ms. Kleine because she’s a very thoughtful and helpful teacher in our school. She knows how to make science fun and interesting.
Discuss how expressing gratitude feels
What was it like to think about why you're grateful for someone?
How did you feel after sharing your Statement of Gratitude on Student Stories?
How can your class express more gratitude this school year?
Canterbury Maths Contest - 18 Nov to 24 Nov
Top 10 classes
Overall class scores are the average number of correct answers out of the students in that class. At least 10 students from the class must have played in order to get an average score.
Position
Class name
Score
1st
M12016, Twizel Area School
169
2nd
7H 2016 - without subscription, Waimate High School
141
3rd
8H 2016, Waimate High School
137
4th
20 - Maths, Cotswold
98
5th
Tangaroa, Rāwhiti School
91
6th
8GA Maths, Darfield High School
88
7th
7BR, Mount Hutt College
65
8th
Harakeke 2016, Tinwald School
56
Sumdog
Canterbury Maths Contest
It's day 4 of the contest...
Sumdog's Canterbury Maths Contest is now into its fourth day - and it's going well so far!
101
students played
9205
questions answered
7454
correct answers
Here are the results from the classes in your school:
Class
Students played
Score
Position
M12016
14
125
1st
Week 6 Term 4 Class Leaders = Tessa and Lily
Mon - Tue - Class Dojo focus = TEAMWORK TUESDAY , Music Options students to Timaru all day (Kian, AJ, Tom, Christine) Wed - Final of the class speech (Nathan talks about his Ngati Porou blood line) Thur - Options - Languages Food Festival Fri -1.30 - 3pm St Johns First Aid for Room 15 students
First Aid with Sasha & Shayne from St John
Mnemonic
What Hazards can you see in the traffic accident cartoon
Bert is unconscious ...
D R S A B C D
Danger Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing, CPR, Defibrillator
Blossom made her first apple pie at home! Looks delicious!! Dojo points for contributing quality work to our wiki Blossom! Impressive!!!!
English = Poetry .... spooky stuff!
This week you will write your "What gives you the creeps" poem and record it.
Maths = Statistics
Lets create some statistics to investigate the data.
Suggestions ....
See how long people in our class can keep a marshmellow in their mouth for.
See how far people can throw our class rock
Weigh our school bags and find out the average weight people carry to school
Social Studies = Antarctica
Class presentation completion ... what aspect about Antarctica had you "hooked'. Add your 3D presentation to our class display corner.
Shelly is at Scott Base. We are watching the interviews with people who work down there. We are going to investigate our individual interests. We will add the information report to our fact file bucket on our classroom display.
Mon - Shelley leaves for Antarctica today! (There's cricket training after school with the South Canterbury) Tue - Gloss testing for year 7s this week (Miss M) Wed - Thur - Food Tech today ... bring your breakfast tray and a bit of foliage. Fri -
Writing
Information Report -
Blossom, Tessa, Charlize and Lilly all helped each other do the Leader's jobs!
Blossom saw Nathaniel and Lewis saw that Daniel was struggling with the tinfoil challenge so they helped out.
Our breakfast trays look bright and colourful!
Awesome effort James! Scrambled eggs and sausages for tea on Sunday night. Fabulous to add the silverbeet for that colour effect and nutritional value!
Social Studies - ANTARCTICA
We are learning about ANTARCTICA - today we found out about the fundraising tractor journey from Piha to Mount Cook where people donated a "FIVER FOR THE DRIVER" . Did you know there is a picture of a tractor on the old $5 notes!
Monday 9.30am!!
Shelley is on her way to ANTARCTICA!!!!
We put the airconditioning on to the coldest temperature and "went" to Scotts Hut with Shelley!!
In preparation for this field trip you will learn about:
100 years of science in Antarctica
Captain Scott's early 1900s Antarctic scientific work in biology, zoology, geology, and meteorology
the significance of Antarctica in the development of international science during the heroic era and since the 1957/58 International Geophysical Year (IGY)
Antarctica as a place for scientific research
the importance of Antarctic science in helping us understand the dynamic world we live in
Maths this Week - Ratios
Nice one Mason ... we like the videos you found that help explain "What is a ratio?"
Mon - SUN SMART WEEK ... bring your hats!!! Tue - Gloss testing for Year 8's this week (Mr P) Wed Thur - Waitaki schools Athletics Day ... come in school uniform Fri - MUFTI DAY - be bright ............. WATER DAY at house time
Language - Poetry
Narrative prose ...
Create/Find an imaginary scene (In a cave, Castle, In Space, Enchanted Forest, Landscape on a far off planet)
Describe in words what is happening in your picture..
Sunsmart Week - Run by the WAVE TEAM , Lily, Blossom-Kate, Charlize, Georgia and Tessa
Sunsmart Week 2016 Who enjoyed Sunsmart week this year? I know I did! This year the WAVE team have been busy focusing on Sunsmart week. We organised "The Amazing Race" with many different activities, taught a couple of classes the Sunsmart song and also did a mufti day where students were encouraged to wear sunny colours! Money we raised went to CANTEEN and our Sponsored student in India. We hope everyone enjoyed Sunsmart week! Remember to wear your hats and stay sunsmart this summer! By Lily Brophy. Week 3 Term 4
Class Leaders: Oliver and Georgia
Mon -Labour Day Holiday Tue - Arts in Action Week this week ..... is your 3D Dragon ready? - Chris here today instead of Friday. Let Mrs O'Carroll know you'd like to have a chat with him Wed - Thur - Food Tech ... designing and planning the big breakfast on a tray. (no cooking today ... planning and designing for next lesson) Fri - Very special day! (Training for athletics next week which is to be held on Thursday - no Food Tech sorry guys!)
Food Tech - Healthy Breakfasts, design a breakfast tray
Heart Foundation NZ - breakfasts
Social Studies - ANTARCTICA
Watch the introductory video with Shelly the LEARNZ teacher https://vimeo.com/188234003
Sugary drinks, also known as sugar-sweetened beverages, are the major source of sugars consumed in New Zealand. These include any beverage that has added sugar such as carbonated or fizzy drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks, fruit drinks and juices, powdered drinks, cordials, flavoured milks and waters. A 600mL bottle of soft drink can contain 16 teaspoons of sugar, over 1000 kilojoules, and provides absolutely no nutritional value. This is nearly three times the recommended daily intake of sugar. The World Health Organisation recommends a maximum daily sugar intake of six teaspoons for adults.
Mon - Cross Country 11am Tue - Year 6 to Year 7 transition meeting for parents and students in Room 15 6pm Wed Thur - Food Technology ...Keep very clean! Fri -Its ARts in Action 3D next week ... if you need materials to construct a 3D item ... please collect it today.
Complete goals for this term on your wiki page.
Long weekend Art Project - Create a 3D dragon for our "Fantasy Language" unit
Language - Fantasy texts
Halloween Witch - we will learn how to apply make up for a witch character in a play
Dragons - we will create a fierce dragon who wants to attack our town
We will revisit some fantasy texts we are familiar with .... J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit , Roald Dahl and his novel The Witches
Poetry - we will use language to create a "Spooky Mood"
We have been inspired!!!! Lets create a class cook book! Mason selected a story starter " Your classroom is making a classroom cook book. Write a recipe for something you like to eat at home to include in the book"
Cross Crountry Our predictions .... In the lead for 12 year olds ...... Caylen and Daniel
Class Leaders = Nathan and Lewis
Mon -
Tue - MODERATION
Wed - MODERATION
Thur -
Fri - Special Morning Tea .... FAREWELL PARTY Miss M - give each other the "secret santa" gifts
- hot chips, chicken nuggets, kiwi onion dip and heartland ready salted chips, cocktail savaloys and tomato sauce, fruit bowl, fruit juice.
Buzz Aldrin Is Medically Evacuated From Antarctica
December 1, 201610Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the surface of the moon with Neil Armstrong in 1969, has been medically evacuated from the South Pole, the National Science Foundation said.
The plane carrying the 86-year-old former astronaut arrived on Thursday afternoon in New Zealand, where he was checked into a hospital in stable condition with "fluid in his lungs," according to a statement on his website. The statement said he was responding well to antibiotics, and was in good spirits.
Aldrin was one of three astronauts on NASA's Apollo 11 mission to the moon, on which he was tasked as the lunar module pilot and rendezvous expert. A live video allowed people on Earth to watch as he and Armstrong became the first two men to set foot on the moon's surface.
Aldrin retired from NASA in 1971. In recent years, he has advocated for a manned mission to Mars.
New Zealand Christmas
Twizel Christmas icons ...
Mistletoe
The name 'mistletoe' is given to plants that use specially adapted roots to extract water and nutrients from the stem tissues of their host plant.
http://mistletoe.org.uk/homewp/index.php/faqs/faqs/
Twizel "Town of Trees"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/80531748/Otago-Goldfields-Heritage-Trust-Cavalcade-may-come-to-Twizel
Science:
I've made a wasp trap and brought it to school ...
Tessa, Daniel, James, Luca, Caylen, Blossom-Kate, Oliver 7/17 = Wednesday, less than half the class have made their traps.
There is a QUEEN WASP problem in Twizel this season!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/agribusiness/86214533/Killing-window-for-queen-wasps-closes-late-November
New Zealand has some of the highest densities of German and common wasps in the world. They have major social and environmental impacts.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/animal-pests/animal-pests-a-z/wasps/
This is our final week together. Time to do things that you've always wanted to do!
1. Make a farewell book for Miss M
2. Prison Break
3. +PLAYS
4. Take photos of us at the END of the school year to put in our portfolios!
Farewell Party for Miss M .... GOLD THEME Morning tea
SECRET SANTA - Value $5 ... bring to school on Wednesday
Week 7 Term 4
Class Leaders = Holly and Daniel
Mon - Sum Dog Canterbury Competition
Tue -
Wed - Watch the "Land Girls" play featuring Lily and Blossom-Kate!!
Thur - Final Food Tech - Allergen Free Muffins
Fri - Portfolios home today
It's all over!
In total, 205 students answered 34863 questions correctly. Well done to them.
The overall winners are the classes which scored highest throughout the contest. The top three classes are:
Food Tech - Allergins
Class Dojo - Gratitude
Statement of Gratitude
Write a Statement of Gratitude about someone in our class.Each Statement of Gratitude should start with, "I am grateful for [student's name] because she/he is…"
Here's an example:
I am grateful for Ms. Kleine because she’s a very thoughtful and helpful teacher in our school. She knows how to make science fun and interesting.Discuss how expressing gratitude feels
What was it like to think about why you're grateful for someone?
How did you feel after sharing your Statement of Gratitude on Student Stories?
How can your class express more gratitude this school year?
Canterbury Maths Contest - 18 Nov to 24 Nov
Top 10 classes
Overall class scores are the average number of correct answers out of the students in that class. At least 10 students from the class must have played in order to get an average score.It's day 4 of the contest...
101
students played9205
questions answered7454
correct answersWeek 6 Term 4
Class Leaders = Tessa and Lily
Mon -
Tue - Class Dojo focus = TEAMWORK TUESDAY , Music Options students to Timaru all day (Kian, AJ, Tom, Christine)
Wed - Final of the class speech (Nathan talks about his Ngati Porou blood line)
Thur - Options - Languages Food Festival
Fri - 1.30 - 3pm St Johns First Aid for Room 15 students
First Aid with Sasha & Shayne from St John
English = Poetry .... spooky stuff!
This week you will write your "What gives you the creeps" poem and record it.
Maths = Statistics
Suggestions ....
Social Studies = Antarctica
Class presentation completion ... what aspect about Antarctica had you "hooked'. Add your 3D presentation to our class display corner.
Shelly is at Scott Base. We are watching the interviews with people who work down there. We are going to investigate our individual interests. We will add the information report to our fact file bucket on our classroom display.
Food Tech - Spiral Out!
Week 5 Term 4
tan-10th-november-2016
Class Leaders = Blossom-Kate and Caylen
Mon - Shelley leaves for Antarctica today! (There's cricket training after school with the South Canterbury)
Tue - Gloss testing for year 7s this week (Miss M)
Wed -
Thur - Food Tech today ... bring your breakfast tray and a bit of foliage.
Fri -
Writing
Information Report -
Blossom, Tessa, Charlize and Lilly all helped each other do the Leader's jobs!
Blossom saw Nathaniel and Lewis saw that Daniel was struggling with the tinfoil challenge so they helped out.
Social Studies - ANTARCTICA
We put the airconditioning on to the coldest temperature and "went" to Scotts Hut with Shelley!!
In preparation for this field trip you will learn about:
Maths this Week - Ratios
Nice one Mason ... we like the videos you found that help explain "What is a ratio?"
Week 4 Term 4
tan-3rd-nov-2016
Class Leaders: Brayden and Mason
Mon - SUN SMART WEEK ... bring your hats!!!
Tue - Gloss testing for Year 8's this week (Mr P)
Wed
Thur - Waitaki schools Athletics Day ... come in school uniform
Fri - MUFTI DAY - be bright ............. WATER DAY at house time
Language - Poetry
Narrative prose ...
Create/Find an imaginary scene (In a cave, Castle, In Space, Enchanted Forest, Landscape on a far off planet)
Describe in words what is happening in your picture..
Who enjoyed Sunsmart week this year? I know I did! This year the WAVE team have been busy focusing on Sunsmart week. We organised "The Amazing Race" with many different activities, taught a couple of classes the Sunsmart song and also did a mufti day where students were encouraged to wear sunny colours! Money we raised went to CANTEEN and our Sponsored student in India. We hope everyone enjoyed Sunsmart week! Remember to wear your hats and stay sunsmart this summer!
By Lily Brophy.
Week 3 Term 4
Class Leaders: Oliver and Georgia
Mon - Labour Day Holiday
Tue - Arts in Action Week this week ..... is your 3D Dragon ready?
- Chris here today instead of Friday. Let Mrs O'Carroll know you'd like to have a chat with him
Wed -
Thur - Food Tech ... designing and planning the big breakfast on a tray. (no cooking today ... planning and designing for next lesson)
Fri - Very special day!
(Training for athletics next week which is to be held on Thursday - no Food Tech sorry guys!)
Food Tech - Healthy Breakfasts, design a breakfast tray
Social Studies - ANTARCTICA
Watch the introductory video with Shelly the LEARNZ teacher
https://vimeo.com/188234003
http://learnz.org.nz/antarctica164/bg-standard
http://www.wicked.org.nz/Themes/Themes-gallery/Antarctica
Maths - PERCENTAGES
Try this warm up activity where you are a code cracker!!
http://www.wicked.org.nz/Interactives/Maths/Code-Cracker
English - Written Fiction ... lets get spooky!
TAS is becoming a "Water and Milk ONLY" school.
Quit sugary drinks for all of November!
Sugary drinks, also known as sugar-sweetened beverages, are the major source of sugars consumed in New Zealand. These include any beverage that has added sugar such as carbonated or fizzy drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks, fruit drinks and juices, powdered drinks, cordials, flavoured milks and waters. A 600mL bottle of soft drink can contain 16 teaspoons of sugar, over 1000 kilojoules, and provides absolutely no nutritional value. This is nearly three times the recommended daily intake of sugar. The World Health Organisation recommends a maximum daily sugar intake of six teaspoons for adults.
http://www.healthysmiles.org.nz/switchtowater/find-out-more/Week 2 Term 4
Class Leaders; Nathaniel and Luca
Mon - Cross Country 11am
Tue - Year 6 to Year 7 transition meeting for parents and students in Room 15 6pm
Wed
Thur - Food Technology ... Keep very clean!
Fri - Its ARts in Action 3D next week ... if you need materials to construct a 3D item ... please collect it today.
Complete goals for this term on your wiki page.
Long weekend Art Project - Create a 3D dragon for our "Fantasy Language" unit
Language - Fantasy texts
Halloween Witch - we will learn how to apply make up for a witch character in a play
Dragons - we will create a fierce dragon who wants to attack our town
We will revisit some fantasy texts we are familiar with .... J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit , Roald Dahl and his novel The Witches
Poetry - we will use language to create a "Spooky Mood"
We have been inspired!!!! Lets create a class cook book! Mason selected a story starter " Your classroom is making a classroom cook book. Write a recipe for something you like to eat at home to include in the book"
Cross Crountry
Our predictions ....
In the lead for 12 year olds ...... Caylen and Daniel
Middle ..... Oliver, Charlize, Mason, Luca, Georgia
Happy to complete .... Blossom, Tessa, Lewis
In the lead for the 11 James, Holly, Pranaya
Middle ..... Nathan,
Happy to complete, Nathaniel, Lily
Week 1 Term 4
Class Leaders ; Charlize and James
Mon - Welcome back to Term 4!
Tue -
Wed - Training for Athletics
Thur - Food Technology ... keep very clean at lunch time!
Fri -
Fractions to percentages
Maths to try ...
http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Decimals-Fractions-and-Percentages-Grid-382
Basic Facts Speed Practice
http://www.hoodamath.com/games/penguinjumpmultiplication.html
www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz.
October 10th 2016